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Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767, Das Schachspiel, undated
- Title:
Das Schachspiel
- Additional Title(s):
The Game of Chess
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 11/16 × 16 1/4 inches (32.2 × 41.2 cm), Image: 11 3/16 x 16 inches (28.4 x 40.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper right: "KHK 74"
Lettered, lower left: "Regnorum quce sint hoc ludo, fata videte; | Cibis nan similis scena frequenter adest. | Firmus rex perstat, grassatur, coedit et urget, | Surgit ac hostis ater, rex cadit atque perit. | J. E. Nilson Invent."; lower center: "DAS SCHACH= | SPIEL. | 1."; lower right: "Es Steltt Witz und Verstand in diesem Spiele hier | Das Schicksal aller Welt und auch der Grossen fur: | wie mancher stehet fest, ein Springer macht sich dran, | Das man, eh er es meint, ihn Schamatt schen kan. | J. J. Haid Sculps et ex Aug. V."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1424
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- apples | bows | candles | chairs | chess | chessboard | chessmen | columns | cuffs | decanter | drinking | drinking glasses | evening | games | genre subject | hats | leisure | men | moon | night | nobility | playing | ruffs | servants | wine | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23277
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